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#16DEB6

#16deb6 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16deb6 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 87.06% green and 71.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.09% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.02% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 168°, with 81.97% saturation and 47.84% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 5.59.

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Relative luminance0.5579

Complementary

  1. #16deb6
  2. #de163e

Split complementary

  1. #16deb6
  2. #de16a2
  3. #de5216

Analogous

  1. #16de52
  2. #16deb6
  3. #16a2de

Triadic

  1. #16deb6
  2. #b616de
  3. #deb616

Tetradic

  1. #16deb6
  2. #163ede
  3. #de163e
  4. #deb616

Square

  1. #16deb6
  2. #5216de
  3. #de163e
  4. #a2de16

Monochromatic

  1. #085344
  2. #0f987d
  3. #16deb6
  4. #53eecf
  5. #98f5e2

Shades

#16deb6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16deb6
  2. #14c8a4
  3. #12b292
  4. #0f9b7f
  5. #0d856d
  6. #0b6f5b
  7. #095949
  8. #074337
  9. #042c24
  10. #021612
  11. #000000

Tints

#16deb6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16deb6
  2. #2de1bd
  3. #45e5c5
  4. #5ce8cc
  5. #73ebd3
  6. #8befdb
  7. #a2f2e2
  8. #b9f5e9
  9. #d0f8f0
  10. #e8fcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16deb6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16deb6
  2. #21d5b1
  3. #2bcbab
  4. #36c2a6
  5. #40b8a0
  6. #4baf9b
  7. #56a696
  8. #609c90
  9. #6b938b
  10. #758985
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9dcfbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6cfb4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0beb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e0d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abd5b5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99ccb8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dfc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16deb6 {
  color: #16deb6;
}
Background
.bg-16deb6 {
  background-color: #16deb6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16deb6 {
  border: 2px solid #16deb6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16deb6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 222 182;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 82% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16deb6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16deb6, #16a2de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16deb6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 222 182 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.59 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.89 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.11 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.77 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 9.46 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.38 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 10.59 #e92149 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#16deb6  rgb(22, 222, 182)  hsl(168, 82%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#de163e  rgb(222, 22, 62)  hsl(348, 82%, 48%)  Crimson
#b616de  rgb(182, 22, 222)  hsl(288, 82%, 48%)  Electric Purple
#deb616  rgb(222, 182, 22)  hsl(48, 82%, 48%)  Meat Brown